Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[chipper1]

Awesome!!!!! Very handy attachment.

The neighbor built on similar for the skid steer this past fall. He found a smaller grapple on auction time.

http://www.arboristsite.com/community/threads/homemade-skidsteer-log-grapple.286855/


Works really slick and we have a pretty good system down now of me cutting a log load while held in the grapple. After he lets the last cut go he goes back to the log yard for another load and repeat/rinse. His turn around times are about 5 +/- minutes.

Nice pics over there, enough to keep you busy a while even with the grapple.

 

[kingOFgEEEks]

I worked on cleaning up last fall's scrounge pile Saturday:

Final total was about 1.5 cords stacked in my 'wood crib' (more was added after this pic

Then I spent a lazy Sunday cooking down my sap scrounge:

Running total, 12 pints of syrup made, and today should have the trees running well.

 

[cantoo]

benp, that's the video I have been looking for. I knew somebody here had one with a single cylinder setup. Now I'm really rethinking my 2 cylinder setup, that one looks like it would do everything I want and at a cheaper price. 2 cylinders are $150 each, Divider/ Combiner is $120 about half the cost of the whole build. and more to break later and connections to leak.

 

[dancan]

Looks like a score there Shea , looks darn near new !!!!
Ben , you'd need a boat up here to find some ice to cut in the lakes .

 

[benp]

benp, that's the video I have been looking for. I knew somebody here had one with a single cylinder setup. Now I'm really rethinking my 2 cylinder setup, that one looks like it would do everything I want and at a cheaper price. 2 cylinders are $150 each, Divider/ Combiner is $120 about half the cost of the whole build. and more to break later and connections to leak.

Cantoo,
This is a small grapple but it works pretty well. If the jaws can get around it, it will clamp and hold.

 

[cantoo]

Thanks benp, I'm already pretty far along with this 2 cylinder build so I think I'll continue with the grapple design I have. When I get it done and working I'll make one that opens wider like the one your neighbour has. I made the arm so it will work with a bunch of different attachments hooked onto the end of it. I'll just keep whichever one works better for my wood size, make another arm and sell the surplus one. I plan to use it to drag single tops out so I don't need it to open far.


That last bit was an attempt at a joke. Of course I will keep both grapples.

 

[Fordhighboy1]

A nice little scrounge out of my own front yard. 32" DBH pin oak that I had to climb and rig down because it extended nicely over the house.

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[benp]

Sooooo,

The 394 scrounged a lot more ice yesterday. I told my neighbor that I did not want any "Uh-oh" texts. Jokingly of course, (but with a serious undertone.)

So when they got there, the guy he was doing the job for was already cutting with a Stihl 362.

My neighbor gave the 394 to his brother in law with specific instructions about do NOT run it out of fuel and just be really really really really careful that this saw is Ben's one of a kind. His brother in law looked at him and said "I will take a bath before the saw does." Good man. The water is only 4-5 ft deep but still.

The neighbor said he was out there going great guns with it and topping fluids off every 10 min. Good man.

Anyway here is a video of him and the other guy going at it. Sorry the video is crooked but that is how it was sent to me and I could not get it rotated.

 

[svk]

@benp Putting up ice the old school way? Or opening up the lake for some other purpose?

Find a chain well along it's life and grind the rakers off completely if you want a dedicated ice chain.

 

[benp]

@benp Putting up ice the old school way? Or opening up the lake for some other purpose?

Find a chain well along it's life and grind the rakers off completely if you want a dedicated ice chain.

Opening up the lake to dredge a harbor out with the Track Hoe.

Plug got pulled on the project after 25 yards of material out due to the ice conditions deteriorating at a high rate of speed. I guess some BIG cracks opened up around the hoe and the neighbor said we are done.

The guys said too much longer out there and the hoe was going in. It got pretty bad.

I put a near end of life semi chisel on the saw before we went on Sunday.

 

[MustangMike]

So dang warm out there today I don't know if I'm gonna be able to sell any wood next year!

 

[svk]

Opening up the lake to dredge a harbor out with the Track Hoe.

Plug got pulled on the project after 25 yards of material out due to the ice conditions deteriorating at a high rate of speed. I guess some BIG cracks opened up around the hoe and the neighbor said we are done.

The guys said too much longer out there and the hoe was going in. It got pretty bad.

I put a near end of life semi chisel on the saw before we went on Sunday.

Gotcha

I don't think it would be fun to put a 'hoe through the ice.

 

[mainewoods]

So dang warm out there today I don't know if I'm gonna be able to sell any wood next year!

I'll wager we don't have 2 winters like this in a row, so I'll take it. With the very minor snow cover still left, run off will be at a minimum this spring. Bet you will sell wood this fall with no problem Mike. If you don't, just wait till Jan. when the polar vortex comes, and everyone is out of wood because they "thought they wouldn't need any this year".

 

[chucker]

I'll wager we don't have 2 winters like this in a row, so I'll take. With the very minor snow cover still left, run off will be at a minimum this spring. Bet you will sell wood this fall with no problem Mike. If you don't, just wait till Jan. when the polar vortex comes, and everyone is out of wood because they "thought they wouldn't need any this year".

clint, I will say you are probably right with no 2 winters the same back to back! it's always better to have to much then not enough firewood!!

 

[hardpan]

Gotcha

I don't think it would be fun to put a 'hoe through the ice.

Well at least it would keep them off the streets. LOL

 

[MustangMike]

Yea Clint, but if they think they need six cord, and they have 3 left ... sales will be down.

Was near 80 today, and I did not have a 4:00 appt scheduled, and my 2:30 cancelled, so I sneaked in a short bike ride! Spring must be here cause I saw a little Garter Snake, and a small group of Turkeys!

Was good to get out, don't think I've been on the bike since Oct. Hunting season just has a way of running into tax season, etc, etc.

Hope everyone got to enjoy the beautiful day!

 

[benp]

This pendulum will swing back and kick us in the nuts boys........Enjoy it while you can.....

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

I worked on cleaning up last fall's scrounge pile Saturday:
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Final total was about 1.5 cords stacked in my 'wood crib' (more was added after this pic
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Then I spent a lazy Sunday cooking down my sap scrounge:
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Running total, 12 pints of syrup made, and today should have the trees running well.

good pix! enjoyed the show!! thanks for sharing...

 

[Cody]

I wouldn't call it much of a scrounge, we cut a couple small oaks down a week ago at the golf course but this little elm tree was just out back of our garage, bark has been falling off since last fall so I figured it was time to go. Split it right away and noticed that it had some pretty grain to it, never seen the orange but I've never cut down a somewhat live elm tree. We've got too much wood that needs split here and I don't want to bring in much more so haven't gotten out to cut much this year.

 

[mainewoods]

Guess everyone is out scrounging up some spring time firewood. Keep up the good work fellers!